ABOUT

Zak Stowe is an award-winning lighting designer, producer, director, administrator, and educator. His multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary skillset has made him a valued technical advisor and consultant in the Wisconsin theatre community. Zak is based in Madison, Wisconsin and has previously served as Technical Director of State Street Theatre Co in New Ulm, MN; President of StageQ; President of the Bartell Community Theatre Foundation; and Lighting Specialist for Full Compass Systems, all in Madison. Zak currently works as the Lighting Supervisor for the Overture Center for the Arts. In his not-so-free time, Zak tours as a lead pyrotechnician and photographer for the airshow team Tora!Tora!Tora!

Lighting credits include: Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Cabaret, Falsettos, Die Mommie! Die!, Laced, Next Fall (StageQ); The Wiz, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Mole Hill Stories (Children's Theater of Madison); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (UW Madison, Theatre Dept.); La traviata, Cosi fan tutte (UW Madison, Opera Dept.); Disney's The Little Mermaid (Four Seasons); Innovations (Madison Ballet); Harvey (Madison College); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Edgewood College); Born Yesterday, Other Desert Cities, Working (Madison Theatre Guild); CLUE: On Stage, Shrek the Musical (Mercury Players); Mineola Twins (KR Women's Theatre); And Then There Were None, Almost Maine, Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet (Strollers Theatre); Urinetown (James Madison Memorial High); Singing in the Rain, She Loves Me, Into the Woods, Around the World in 80 Days (MLC Forum); Miracle on 34th Street, The Importance of Being Earnest, I Do! I Do! (State Street Theatre). Director credits include: Southern Baptist Sissies; Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (StageQ). Producer credits include: Cabaret, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Falsettos, Next Fall, Act a Lady, Laced, RAID! Attack on Stonewall, Queer Shorts 12, Queer Shorts 13, CapitalQ Theatre Festival (StageQ).

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He wishes to thank his late-father whom he blames for his obsession with lighting, his mother and sisters for their love and support, his partner Josiah for his love and patience with his bizarre sleep schedule, his family of friends who remind him about the value of sleep and fun, and everyone in the Wisconsin theatre community who welcomed, embraced, nurtured, and drank with him.